Well, tonight, the clocks will be pushed forward an hour to account for daylight savings time. Did I mention I think this is one of the STUPIDIST customs the U.S. ever implemented?!? I understand why it was implemented to begin with, but why are we still using it today?

The U.S. began using it during World War I to try to help alleviate hardships caused by not enough daylight during the working hours. At the time, it was proposed that it would help use LESS electricity and allow for more natural daylight during the wartime shortages. However, throughout the years, it now causes more electricity to be used because people tend to get up earlier, many times BEFORE the sun has come up. Most countries repealed the use of D.S.T. (daylight savings time) after WWI was over with, as did the U.S. for a period of time.

During, WWII, D.S.T. was reinstated, but without its later repeal. Legislature changed the period of time for D.S.T last year. They added an extra month to it in hopes of reducing energy usage…but, most researchers discovered last year that it really didn’t create a reduction of energy usage at all.

Personally I think that D.S.T. just sucks. It messes with our natural biorhythms. Our bodies just were NOT made to get up before dawn. It takes me MONTHS to get my body readjusted to the time change…by that time..it’s almost time to change back. My local pharmacists recommend taking Melatonin for a short period of time to help the body get back into a natural sleep cycle. When you’re already an insomniac, D.S.T. just is NOT a good thing. Anyway, that’s my opinions on the matter. And there are a few states within the U.S. that do NOT practice D.S.T. due to the number of dairy farms. Adjusting the times the cows give milk, can cause distress, causing them to stop producing milk. You would think that if other animals have such a tough trouble adjusting that more studies would be done on humans to show the ill effects it has on us. Perhaps it’s just another governmental cover-up.